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SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS, 
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IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, 

WAR DEPARTMENT. 






ORGANIZED MAY 20, 1893. INCORPORATED NOV. 17, 1893. 

fl^rcamble. 

Whereas, It is desirable that there should be adequate celebrations coni- 
ineniorative of the events of American Colonial History happening from the 
settlement of Jamestown, Va., May 13, 1607, to the Battle of Lexington, April 

19. 1775: 

Therefore, The Society of Colonial Wars has been instituted to perpetuate 
the memory of those events and of the men who, in military, naval, and civil 
positions of high trust and responsibility, by their acts or counsel assisted in the 
establishment, defense and preservation of the AmericaJi Colonies and were in 
truth the founders of this Nation. With this end in view it seeks to collect and 
preserve manuscripts, rolls, relics and records ; to provide suitable conmiemora- 
tions or memorials relating to the American Colonial period, and to inspire in 
its members the fraternal and patriotic spirit of their forefathers ; and iu the 
community, respect and reverence for those whose public services made our 
freedom and unity possible. 

Qualifications for /IDembersbip. 

Any male person above the age of twenty-one years, of good moral 
character and reputation, shall be eligible to membership iu the vSociety of 
Colonial Wars iu the District of Columbia, who is decended from an ancestor : 

(i) Who served as a military, naval or marine officer, or as a soldier, 
sailor or marine, or as a privateersman, under authority of the Colonies which 
afterwards formed the United States, or in the forces of Great Britain which par- 
ticipated with those of the said Colonies in any wars iu which the said Colonies 
were engaged, or in which they enrolled men, from the settlement of James- 
town, May 13, 1607, to the battle of Lexington, April 19, 1775 ; or 

(2) Who held office in any of the Colonies between the dates above men- 
tioned, either as 

"(a) President, Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Member of the King's 
Council and County Lieutenant, or Member of the House of Burgesses in the 
Colony of Virginia. 



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" {b) Governor-General, Governor, Lieutenant or Acting Governor, Presi- 
dent, Assistant, Member of the Governor's Council, Deputy or Representative 
in the General Court, in the Colonies of Plymouth, Massachusetts, Connecticut, 
New Haven, Maine, Providence Plantation or Rhode Island, or New Hamp- 
shire ; as President of the Provincial Congress of Massachusetts, or as one of 
the Commissioners of the United Colonies of New England. 

" (r) Director-General, Vice-Director-General, Governor or Deputy Gov- 
ernor, Member of the Council or the Landtag of the Colony of New Nether- 
lands, or of the Dutch Colony on the Delaware. 

" {d) Palatine, Lord Proprietor, Governor, Deputy-Governor, Lieutenant 
Governor or President, Member of the Council, Member of the Lower House or 
of Assembly of the Colonies of Maryland or the Carolinas. 

" (e) Governor, Lieutenant or Acting Governor, Member of the Council 
or of the Colonial Assembly in the Colony of New York. 

"(y) Lord Proprietor, Governor, Deputy-Governor, Member of the 
King's Council, Deputy to the Provincial Assembly, in the Provinces of East 
Jersey, West Jersey or New Jersey. 

" (^) Lord Proprietor, Governor, Deputy or Lieutenant Governor, Mem- 
ber of the Provincial Council or Assembly of the Province of Pennsylvania, or 
Member of the Assembly of the Territories of Delaware. 

"(/?) Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, President, Vice-President, Member 
of the Council or of the Provincial Assembly of the Colony of Georgia. 

" (t) Governor-General, Captain-General or Lord Lieutenant of the Piritish 
Colonies in North America." 

IRequirements. 

All application papers, whether original or supplementary, in order to be 
acceptable, should conform to the following requirements : 

1. The correctness of the pedigree should be proved by full references to 
authorities, giving title of work, volume and page, and in cases where the 
reference is to rare volumes, or to manuscripts, certified extracts should com- 
monly accompany the application ; and the Membership Committee or the 
Registrar may at any time require such certified extracts. 

2. No cyclopfedias or family histories will be accepted as authority for 
service or official position of ancestor, but particular reference, giving title, 
volume and page, must be made to Documentary Records of the various Colo- 
nies, Published Archives, Proceedings of Congresses, Conventions, Assemblies 
and Councils of the luiited or the several Colonies, or to Historical and Genea- 
logical Works of a general character and of recognized importance and essential 
accuracy. 

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Reference for services to imprinted documents, is to be supported by two 
type-written copies of such documents or the pertinent portions thereof, and by 
loan of the original documents to the Registrar, when possible, such originals 
to be returned to the applicant after veriiication. 

3. All applications must be sworn to before a Notary, Commissioner or 
other proper officer, and be sealed by such officer if he have a seal. Original 
applications must be signed in approval by two members of the Society. 

The above rules are essentially those required by the office of the Regis- 
trar General, and all papers already in his office, or that may hereafter be 
received will be judged by them. Any papers that are found to be defective or 
inaccurate, will be returned to the applicant for correction. 

initiation Jfces an& 2)ues, Etc. 

Initiation Fee, |io.oo 

(Which must accompany the application.) 
Annual Dues, ........ 5.00 

Life Membership, ....... 75.00 

Insignia, Gold, ........ 26.00 

Insignia, in vSilver Gilt, ...... 16.00 

Rosette, ......... .25 

Fee for filing .Supplemental Papers so as to conform with ") 

the requirements of the office of the Registrar-General, j '^ 
" Supplemental " blank forms, per set. 
Diplomas, without frame, ...... 5.00 

Diplomas, with Antique Oak frame, . . . 7.75 

All remittances to be sent to the Treasurer, Mr. J. William Henry, 13 15 
F Street. 

Application blanks may be obtained from the secretary. 
When the applicant derives eligibility of membership by descent from 
more than one ancester, and it is desired to take advantage thereof, "Supple- 
mental Application Blanks," should be obtained, ajid in each ca.se made out and 
filed with the original. 

JOSEPH CUYLER HARDIE, 

Secretary. 



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